The street argument is retarded. BJJ is so much overkill for the street that its ridiculous. Unless you're the idiot that picks a fight with the high school wrestling team, barring knife or gun play, the opponent shouldn't make it past double leg + ground and pound - Osiris

TEM, I agree with you with regards to fighters. Belt level or rank is meaningless if you cant deliver.

How many fighters actually study and train in more than one style? My limited experience is that most have one primary style (may be two) where they have any high level rank and incorporate other style techniques into their fight game.

Many people appear to be reading too much into my posts. They were answers to a slightly larger question than "should MMA have belt rankings." Still in context, just a larger view.

Man, I love how these belt questions get debated so much! It shows you how brain washed we are by Hollywood. We are all grown adults and most of us have years of martial arts training. But for some reason, we are still able to dismiss all logic and say, "your only good if you have a black belt". I mean seriously!!

Man, I love how these belt questions get debated so much! It shows you how brain washed we are by Hollywood. We are all grown adults and most of us have years of martial arts training. But for some reason, we are still able to dismiss all logic and say, "your only good if you have a black belt". I mean seriously!!

If the belt is your only motivation, the GTFO!

To be fair, a good portion of this site's posters are not legal adults. And as Sirc has pointed out, in his normal hissyfit way, many posters have quite a bit less than a year in a style that they claim knowledge of